Catemenial appliance



Nov. 23 1926.

H. ALDER ET AL CATAMENIAL APPLIANGE Filed Sept. 26. 1924 N 0000000 OOOGOOOOOOO oooo aso o ooo o QooooyMv oooobooooooooooo OOO a1. if Med'er Patented Nov. 235 1926.l

HEINRICH ALDER AND JHaNN'mEIsTEn, or zUnIcm-SWITZELAND.

CATEMENIAL APPLIANCE.

Application 'led September 26, 1924, Serial'No. 740,089, `and in Belgium July 2, 1.924. I

The invention relates to a new and imy proved catamenial appliance and more particularly-- to sanitary towels. for wear by women during the menstrual period.

5- The ob'ect of the invention is to provide an improved appliance which is easy tol be' cleaned andcomfortable in wearing.

-The new appliance consists of a pad of ab-v sorbent material, such as cotton wool ar- Y l0 ranged in a wrapper of Waterproof material perforated in a'suitable manner and'closed by buttons of particular construction. appliance is provided with buttons and button holesrby means of which, the appliance v15 may be attached to a waistband.

In the drawing oneform of construction-is shown' by way of an example.

' Figs. 1 and 2 are two side views of the appliance.y

20' Fig. 3 isa cross-Section.A

The appliance shown comprises a sheet 1 of waterproofed material for instance an india-rubber sheet which forms a wrapperfor a pad 4 of absorbent material Such as for in- 5 stance cotton wool lint, Sponge or other iibrous material. The .sheet 1 is provided along its edge with button holes and at the opposite edge two buttons 2 having each a The.

flapB which facilitate the unbuttoning of the wrapper. The'sheet 1 is perforated at 3U At the small end the Sheet-1 is provided with buttons 6 and buttonholes 7.by means of which the sheet 1 may be attached to straps. The wrapper may be easily opened as the buttons 2 may be firmly held by the flaps 3, 35 the Sheet` 1 mav be attenedand the 'pad 4 can'be remove Thevappliance once open is easily cleaned;l thev sheet 1 may be washed.

What We wish to Secure by U. S." Letters 40 Patent is:

A catamenial appliance, comprising a sheet of water proof material of uniform thickness designed to form an envelope for y an absorbent pad and formed with a 45 series of comparatively small perf-orations throughout the full Width and a portion of the length of the -face'portion of such envelope, the longitudinal edges of the sheet being in lapped relation and `having com- 5c. plementary fasteningvmeans, and ystrap at- Q taching means arranged at the end of the envelope beyond the pad.

In witness whereof we alix our signatures.

ALDER, HEINR. y J. MEISTER. 

